Blossoming

I recently bought a book of Art Nouveau patterns and I am obsessed. Here’s the first of what I’m sure will be many new designs.

This was hand cut from 20 g. sterling sheet (a process also known as “piercing”). It took about 3 hours of steady sawing, followed by finishing to smooth off the edges and polish the surface. I thought I would hate complicated piercing projects because they are require such painstaking focus and are always long, but in fact the time flew by. The results:

Stay tunes for more pierced designs available soon NOW in the ETSY shop. Drop me a line if you want this design.

~ by onyxhardwaredesigns on April 30, 2008.